Founding team composition and early performance of university-based spin-off companies

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-43

  Visintin, Francesca ^a   Pittino, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial team composition; Growth; Performance; Technology transfer; University spin off companies

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; PERFORMANCE; SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY; SPIN-OFF COMPANIES; TEAM COMPOSITION; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFF COMPANIES; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

EDUCATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84888639947     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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